Biodiesel Production from Algae

[Grey Wolf]

Has anyone read this article about Bio from Algae..... Seems odd to me since we don't want the stuff growing in regular Diesel



http://www.unh.edu/p2/biodiesel/article_alge.html

 

[Matt S]

That's a cool idea. From what I've heard others talking about, the algae would be turned into oil for the use in making biodiesel. Interesting concept.

 

[JFaughn]

And it can be harvested daily so the volume can be much more than any other planting cycle. You don't put the alge in the tank , its extacked the same as other plant matter in a centrafuge and then prosessed into certifide fuel.

 

[ndurbin]

If I remember right Algae is a pretty high producing oil plant. Something like 15,000 gal. of oil to the acre.



Nathan

 

[mhenon]

Algae blows away the competition (soy & rape) when it comes to quantity of oil per acre of crop. Here's a site that has a lot of alt energy info. Scrool down to "Biodiesel" if you want to read up om algae. The other stuff is good reading too.

"http://www.americanenergyindependence.com/sonex.html"



Mike